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his bludgeon and killed it. When his bride came out and saw this she was disgusted and said:
Agar dant, bagar dant, ek ddnt bhari;
Wuh mud kaun jisne yih mui mari. “There are all sorts of teeth and one big one amongst them, Bad luck to the wretch who killed this creature !"
When the Juláha heard this he was wroth, and when his wife asked him to come and eat, he would not touch the food.
When her mother heard this she said: "Let me manage him." So she went to him and said:
Agar dant, bagar dant, ok ddnt bhari;
Wuh bir kaun jiene yih sher mdri, “There are all sorts of teeth and one big one amongst them. Who is this hero who has killed the tigress ? " When the Juldha heard this, his wrath was appeased and he went in and ate his dinner quite contented.
XVII,
The Content between Fever and Itch,18 One day Fever and Itch had a dispute as to which was the greater. So they went on together, and Fever went to stay with an Ahîr and Itch with a Brâhman. In spite of the Fever the Ahir, who was a sturdy fellow, went about his usual work, and Fever had no peace as long as he was there, because he had always to be moving about. But when Itch went to stay with the Bråbman, he went to bed and lay quiet. After a while Fever disliked his quarters and went to see how Itch was getting on. When Fever came he said to Itch: "What a good timo you are having ! Yon stay in bed all day and do nothing but eat." Itch answered: “This is not bad if this Bribmaş would only scratch me gently ; but he must rub me with sulphur and bits of dry cowdung and I am in great trouble."
So they both went back to the Ahir, and when Fever came upon him his body became as hot as fire, and Itch was sorely troubled, So Itch said: “This will not do for me. I like the one as little as the other. I will try a Chamar." - The Chamar treated him as he wished, and so the Itch has stayed with the Chamârs ever since and Fever remained with the Abirs.
XVIII,
Why Monkeys do not fall from trees, 18 Once upon a time there were a number of monkeys who lived in one community, in the jungle. One of them ran away with the wife of one of their band, and the other monkeys tarned him out of the brotherhood. One day he came to them and said: "It is only among town people that it is considered a fault to run away with the wife of another, and this rule has never been applied to the jangle folk. I propose that in future we have our wives in common, and whoever takes one to himself his punishment is to fall from a tree."
All the monkeys agreed to his words, and since then there is no law of marriage among them and no one ever has to fall from a tree.
11 Told by Akbar Shah Manjhi, of Manbaan, Dudhi, Mirzapur Distriot, and recorded by Aisi Himid Husin.
